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Bill, 1st thing you should do - throw away your hotspots map, order a lakemaster. I'm not joking, it's worthless on that lake. Email me at airmarc00@yahoo.com (that's zero zero) - We are also up there mid September and I don't mind helping out a fellow Missouri guy.

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Contact Brian Jones at First Choice Guide Service. During the day throw smaller bucktails (Showgirl, Mepps Muskie Marabou) save your double cowgirls for the evening. Usual colors are in play. I've had good luck on the yellow Mepps Muskie Marabou. There are lots of areas that will work; flats, weededge, drop offs. Look for cabage in barren areas and rocks. When I've gotten tired casting I'll switch to trolling the edge of structure and if they're in the mood they will slam whatever you're trolling with (DDD, spinner, whatever).

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bill, i'm not with the shawnee group. if you're talking Kansas - rock chalk jawhawk SCREW KU. it's gonna get messy at arrowhead this year for the birds. i'm with the st. cloud muskies inc - we have our outing on cass each year. i'm from columbia but moved up to MN to chase the 'skies around. if you'd like to post your email i can send you some stuff.

you'll like that lakemaster - best thing that ever happened to me on cass was when my hotspots map blew out of my boat. i've also fished with Brian Jones who was suggested as a good guide in another post here, if you were thinking about getting a guide for a day you might want to contact him, he'd be a great help.

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Grab a bucktail, find a sandbreak, and go. Keep an eye out for turns, cabbage, or little bars and outcroppings. Keep moving and cover as much water as possible. Don't neglect the early morning topwater bite either. Almost any sandbreak on the lake has the potential to hold fish and it's entirely possible to find some spots that other people aren't fishing.

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Thanks for all the replys about Cass Lake. The thing that stands out is that there were 488 looks but only a few replys!! I know that Musky fishermen don't like to tell everything but come on and lay out alittle info for new people to the area. You have a great lake by all reports and listings. CPR will keep the fish there for the next guy.

Just my 2 cents on the subject.

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Guess we're not sure what you're looking for, Bill - there is some pretty decent info posted here for all to see and I emailed you a few other things, five days before your post here, hope I don't regret that. Some of my friends would not be happy that this info is floating around out there. You asked for 2 cents and you got a dime.

It's like "Thanks for the replies - how come nobody replied?" It's responses like this that'll make me think twice next time, and I'm not the Cass Lake King, but if you do the things suggested here and fish hard you will catch fish. Not trying to be a jerk here that's just the way it is. Guides get paid to share their info, all we get is more pressure and less fish.

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I got/get very good info here and on another very popular Muskie site. And I appreciate it all. What do people expect to get...... If they want a shot at "guaranteed fish" they should hire a Guide. Thanks to any and all for the info.

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There is a big Tournament out there From the 4-7th, so many people probably aren't going to want to divulge too much info right now. I've seen fish all over the lake, in the reeds off breaks on the rocks ect. ect. Get out, cover water and you might just hook up.

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Guys, I am sorry if I came across wrong. An example of my response is : We went to the Musky Chapter Challenge at Holcombe last year and when I asked about the lake, everyone said to get a Sportsman Connection book of maps for there. The information was very, very dated and was totally off, says there was no weeds in Cornell, etc.

I appreciate that 50inchpig and DinkADunk for their info. And Marc, I really appreciated the info you sent me. It really filled in the blank spots I had.

fished Poinsett yesterday, place was a ghost town. Ice is a good 25" and even thicker in some other spots. Big heave across most of the lake just south of Saaraners access on NW side. Saw trucks still coming and going at that launch. If you go to the far east side of lake you can get around heave but might want to watch those areas.

I accessed at Prestrudes on East side and lots of water on top of the ice there but were still driving out there also. Early morning wasn't bad but coming off the lake at 9pm last night it was a mess, lots of slush and water.

Fishing was slow worst trip I have had there this year.

Driving up in the morning I only saw a few guys on West 81 ponds and Albert looked pretty sketchy lots of brown ice in spots.

Fuel injected so no. If it were carbed they'd come off and be cleaned too. The throttle bodies were cleaned though. The exhaust valves were cleaned earlier. Got to like Amazon for prices and vendors that ship right away. Reeds are in then noticed when filling with antifreeze my coolant cap didn't fit. The neck warped from heat off the muffler. I'll have to true that up and probably put in a heat deflector. Then stabil in the tank and into the enclosed trailer for season.

Yep nice to win a couple on the road, nice 5 point cushion on the Stars and Kings who are fighting for that last playoff spot. Still need to keep getting points and we should be fine even with an average record.